Category: New Zealand
Cole Hampton, who passed away on Friday night, was well known as Wellington drag superstar, Pamela Hancock. Cole Hampton’s wake will be held at the Eva Beva at 6pm on Thursday night. Well known for his portrayal of popular Wellington Drag character Pamela Hancock aka Auntie Pam from Bulls, Cole Hampton’s death has left Wellington’s […]
Experts say New Zealand can expect more cases in the coming weeks. New Zealand should prepare for more monkeypox cases over the coming weeks as the first person in Auckland tests positive for the viral disease. The man, who is in his early 30s, became the country’s first confirmed case on Saturday night. He is […]
Historian Gareth Watkins compiles significant July dates in Aotearoa New Zealand’s LGBTQ+ history including the passing of Homosexual Law Reform. 26 July 1877 One of the earliest missionaries in NZ, William Yate, died on this date. Born in Shropshire in 1802 he arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1828. Scholars think he had sexual […]
In court, one of the pair pleaded ‘not guilty’ which sends the case to a jury trial. Two men accused of torching Tauranga’s Rainbow Youth building have appeared in court facing a joint charge of arson. Alexander James Burgess, 33, and Zechariah Vincent Phillips, 29 appeared in the Tauranga District Court today accused of deliberately […]
Start your engines Aotearoa, RuPaul’s new queens include NZ-based Spankie Jackzon and Yuri Guaii, plus NZ-born Kween Kong and Aubrey Haive. 10 queens from across Australia and New Zealand with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent have been selected to compete for the glory, title, and bragging rights of being crowned the queen of […]
The investigation follows the school asking parents to deny the existence of same-sex marriage and a transgender student being told ‘God Doesn’t Make Mistakes.’ A Tauranga school is being investigated after a transgender student attempted suicide. The school refused to call the student by their preferred pronouns or name. When the student protested, they were […]
Historian Gareth Watkins highlights June dates that pushed progress forward for Aotearoa’s Rainbow communities. June 1949 Journalist and author Tom McLean was born in Greenock, Scotland. He worked for a number of Scottish newspapers before moving to NZ in 1973. In the mid-1980s, after a year of general unwellness, he took an HIV test that […]
Thankfully no one was inside at the time of the fire. Tauranga’s LGBTQ+ community has been left devastated as police investigate a suspicious fire that has destroyed the city’s Rainbow Youth building. The building is also shared by Gender Dynamix, an organisation that caters to gender-diverse people in the region. Tauranga City Council said no […]